Back in the old days people during rush hour had to wait in long lines in order to pay a ten cent toll. Some critics of Sen. David Williams plan to place tolls on some KY roads and bridges believe that we’ll have to hire a bunch of state employees to collect tolls and people will once again have to sit in their cars waiting to pay a toll. Good news, due to advances in technology all this can be a thing of the past.

Other states use E-ZPass. What is E-ZPass? Here’s a description from the E-ZPass Web site:

Instead of the inconvenience of coins, tokens, and tickets, E-ZPass allows you to pay tolls electronically as you pass through specially equipped toll lanes.

You can establish a prepaid E-ZPass account using your credit card, personal check, or cash. The convenient credit card payment option automatically replenishes your prepaid account. Check and cash E-ZPass accounts have a higher replenishment threshold and are replenished by mailing or delivering a payment to the E-ZPass Customer Service Center.

When you establish an E-ZPass prepaid account, you receive a small electronic tag that attaches to the windshield inside your car. Within the tag is an electronic chip that contains information about your account. Each time you use a toll facility where E-ZPass is offered, an antenna at the toll plaza reads the vehicle and account information contained in your tag. The appropriate toll is then electronically debited from your prepaid account. A record of your transactions will be included in your periodic statement.

See, that’s not so bad.